[http://www.clayconc.com/ Clay County Courthouse]<br>Hayesville, NC 28904-0118<br>Phone: 828-389-6301<br><br>Registrar of Deeds has birth, death and military records from 1913<br>marriage records from 1879&nbsp;and land records&nbsp;from 1870<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clay County, North Carolina. Page 507 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

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'''Clay County North Carolina'''<br>

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Town Square<br>

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Hayesville, NC 28904-0118<br>

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828-389-6301<br>

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Reg of Deeds has b, d and mil rec from 1913

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m rec from 1879 & land rec from 1870<br>

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Clay County was formed from Cherokee 20 Feb 1861<br>

== History ==

== History ==

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[[Image:Henry Clay.JPG|thumb|right|200px]]

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[[Image:Henry Clay.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Henry Clay.JPG]]

The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay Henry Clay] (1777-1852).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay "Henry Clay,"] Wikipedia.</ref>

The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay Henry Clay] (1777-1852).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay "Henry Clay,"] Wikipedia.</ref>

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==== Record Loss ====

==== Record Loss ====

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'''1870--'''Fire (not courthouse) destroyed all records of the county.